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3 November, 2021

CARROT MYSORE PAK/ಕ್ಯಾರಟ್ ಮೈಸೂರ್ ಪಾಕ್

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Wishing you all a happy & Prosperous Deepavali. May God bless us all ….

I’m here with one more fiber rich, delicious, nutritious, Protein rich, amazing sweet delicacy for celebrating this festival of lights. Happy festival to all of you once again.

After making this delicious traditional sweet n number of times for many years, now I want to explore other possibilities of adding more yumminess to this humble, everyone’s favorite sweet delicacy.

Already I have two other variations like Saffron/Kesari mysore Pak and Almond mysore Pak other than the authentic recipe. And very recently I tried making mysore Pak by adding grated carrot to it.

Actually that day I wanted to make mysore Pak by adding ripe mango, but somehow I did not notice before that the fruit basket is without mango, not even one piece !! And I’m like, if something comes to my mind I have to do it irrespective of whatever is the status – lol. So thought for a while and I realised that I have red carrots/winter carrots lying in the fridge …probably last batch for this season until next winter arrives.

So what next, went ahead and made mysore Pak by adding grated red/winter carrots and it turned out super awesome. Did exactly like I always do, no changes in the ingredients taken, but made couple of changes in the method of making, which I have mentioned below.

First one is I did avoid adding water for melting sugar, the moisture in the carrot itself was enough to melt it properly and one more change is after sifting the besan/gram flour I stirred it in one cup of ghee until without any lumps. This way it becomes easy to add besan to the hot sugar syrup (here sugar – carrot mixture), ie it wont form any lumps. Rest followed the same old method.

My next mission will be mango mysore Pak …. which can happen during summers ie….next mango season. Will think about some other options as well in the mean time.

Ingredients : use the same cup for measuring all the ingredients irrespective of the size of the cup you use
  • Gram flour/besan – 1 cup
  • Sugar – 1&3/4 cups (adjust)(I have put this much as winter carrots are comparatively more sweet)
  • Ghee – 1&3/4 to 2 cups
  • Grated carrot – 1 cup
PROCEDURE :
  • To begin with , mix well both the sugar and the grated carrot and let it sit until you make other preparations.
  • Sift the gram flour and stir it in 1 cup of ghee
  • Measure and keep the remaining ghee ready
  • Take sugar and grated carrot mixture in a karahi/pan and stir until the sugar dissolves completely
  • Once the sugar is dissolved, add in the ghee-besan mixture and keep stirring continuously until all the ghee mixes up with the besan on medium low heat
  • Keep adding ghee little at a time up to one more cup whenever you find that the besan mixture has absorbed all the ghee which you have added earlier.
  • Meanwhile the mixture also starts getting thicker, so once the consistency becomes thick, add the remaining ghee very little at a time only if needed
  • If you notice the mixture is releasing the ghee, immediately stop adding ghee and start stirring rigorously
  • When you see bubbles and frothing in the besan and small holes in the mixture and it starts puffing up, turn off the heat and transfer to a lined tray, Pat it smoothly and rest for 10 minutes, then cut into desired shape
  • Let it cool further completely and enjoy this wonderful sweet on this festival of lights
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